Reddit reviews Mage Knight Board Game
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For 1-4 PlayersOver 2 hours to play240 cards, 8 intricately painted miniatures, 196 tokens, 20 map tiles, 54 mana crystals and 7 mana diceAlso included are 2 game mats, 2 rule booksCombines elements of RPGs, deckbuilding and traditional board games
This might belong a bit more in /r/boardgames but regardless...
The dnd board games can actually be pretty fun. I like the dungeon delver board games. A good board game you might like if you like these type of games is mageknight that also follows a similar play style (though pseudo random generation with different mechanics) of going through a world and getting stronger.
If you like these board games, but want to delve more into tabletop rpgs look into something like DnD 5th edition or the starter set. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the starter set has everything you need for a small adventure, and if you get the basic book you can continue the characters if you want.
I am distinguishing between these rpg/dungeon crawler board games and rpgs. This might confuse you, so I will go more into what's different. In the rpg/dungeon crawler board games there may or may not be a dungeon master (someone who controls the game other than the players), in pen and paper rpgs this sub focuses on most of the time there is a separate player running the game. The main difference though is that a pen and paper rpg relies more on imagination, improvisation, and give much more freedom. In a game as you linked, you typically kill monsters, get some xp, and then just get stronger. You don't have much choice in how your character develops typically. Also the story is usually very linear as well. You progress, you get small tidbits of story, but the main goal is to just complete the dungeons. This is reverse of pen and paper rpgs, classic dnd being the main example. In these you normally focus on the story, the dungeons and fights being the obstacles to that. You also are not focused on a grid the whole time, you can have grid based combat, but there are a lot of "off the grid" moments where the board game variants are typically all on the grid.
They are both fun, are similar and related, but differ in a pretty fundamental way.
Anyone interested in a Dark Souls board game should check out the Mage Knight Board Game. It's has combat, exploration, boss battles, single player, pvp...it's basically already the Dark Souls board game.
Here is video that shows how to play it.
It's high right now on Amazon. Average is $63.67. Looks like you can find it cheaper elsewhere. Judging from CSI and MM being out of stock it might be in between print runs.
The lowest it has been on Amazon is $50, so $55 seems pretty good.
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Boardgameprices: Mage Knight. I guess it won't give you the ''official'' price, but does readily display a price comparison across a number of online stores.
My (F)GLS quoted it at $60.
Edit: CCC shows the average Amazon price to be $55.31.
Amazon occasionally has it on sale for cheaper, but it's cheaper there right now than any of the other options.
I have been sitting on the fence about MK but have yet to buy it myself. Too many others on the list at the moment.I am UK based as well I found this on Amazon. You will have to pay a little extra as it is being shipped from Germany but 3-4 day shipping is OK?
Let me know what you think if you purchase it, it might push me into another purchase I cannot afford :0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005S8KR6Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
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I remember seeing it on amazon for like $50-60. Then the holidays came around and it's inexplicably back at $90.
I love this:
http://www.amazon.com/NECA-WZK-70495-Knight-Board/dp/B005S8KR6Q
"You save: $.04"
Wow! THANKS AMAZON!
Mage Knight is only $80 right now on Canadian Amazon, if that applies to you!
Notables include:
Catan
Mage Knight
Trains
and various Munchkin expansions!
But you are literally saying the exact same thing xTheOOBx was saying other than "I don't agree".
If the game is well stocked, it is significantly cheaper than local stores. If it isn't well stocked, it is only a little bit cheaper than your local stores. The only exception is MayFair games, where they have a cap on their retail discount.
And for what it is worth:
BGG Top 10
Some other games I just stumbled across.
24% Off,
31% Off, 34% Off
It looks like when I said "frequently between 30% and 40%, I was pretty damn close. It's okay to want to support the local game stores, as we all have said, they provide something more than just the game. I visit the same exact stores you do, and I know "not that much cheaper" is down right false. Buying games online is almost a buy 2-3 get 1 free - and that's not considering any significant sale.
Mage Knight: The Board Game [$63.63] is also on sale! Got it myself yesterday.
OP is probably referring to this.
Mage Knight is also on sale today and checks many of your boxes.